Method of making indicating strips for packages and an indicating strip



Nov'. 30,1926. 1,608,870

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1,608,870 H P. TUCKER METHOD OF MAKING INDICATING STRIPS FOR PACKAGESAND AN INDICATING STRIP Filed June 1, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet z PatentedNov. 30, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,608,870 PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE PRESCOTT TUCKER, F NEEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

METHOD OF MAKING INDICATING STRIPS FOR PACKAGES AND AN INDICATING STRIP.

Application filed June 1,

The principal object of my invention is to provide a plurality ofdifferent marks each giving different specific information as to thecontents of packages, such as weight,

type, grade, quality or other information and to do so in such a waythat one of said plurality as desired will be available for vision inthe complete package without waste of time or material in cutting andtrimming.

It is customary in making packages or labels therefor to so mark thematerial in sheet or strip form that a plurality of package bodies orlabels therefor may be printed, lithographed or otherwise manufacturedat one time and each package body or label therefor customarilydesignates the contents and an indicating mark shows the weight or otherinformation as to the contents, and one object of my invention is toprovide such strip or sheet with a plurality of markings to give thesame specific information and with another plurality of markings, all ofthe latter to give the same specific information the latter beingdilferent from the firstmentioned specific information, the markings ofeach plurality being spaced apart a distance equal to a desireddimension of a package body. Another object is to so cut the strip orsheet that each marking of the desired plurality may be available forvision on the completed package or label therefor without waste ofmaterial.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan of a large strip showing the lines ofone series of cuts;

. Figure 2 is a plan of the large strip showing the lines of the otherseries of cuts;

Figure 3 is an elevation of a complete package embodying one of thesmaller strips of Figure 1 but with the cover removed;

Figure 4c is a plan of the package of Figure 3 without the cover;

Figure 5 is an elevation of a complete package embodying one of thesmaller strips of Figure 2 but with the cover removed;

Figure 6 is a detail illustrating the spun over base;

Figure 7 is a plan of a different form of large strip, showing the linesof one series 0 of cuts; I

Figure 8 is a plan of said different form of large strip showing thelines of the other series of cuts;

without the cover and embodying one of the smaller strips of Figure 7 5Figure 9 is an elevation of a package.

19 26. Serial No. 113,007.

Figure 10 is an elevation of a package without the cover and embodyingone of the smaller strips of Figure 8; and

F igure 11 is a plan, on a larger scale, of the package of Figure 9.

In Figures 1 and 2 I show a large strip or sheet 1 of metal of anydesired length having markings arranged in two columns, one for one faceof the body of the package and the other for the other face. The stripmay be of any desired length and of any desired width, and the number ofcolumns will depend on the width. Each column has a plurality ofmarkings for one class of indication of weight, such as 1 oz., and aplurality of markings for another class, such as 2 oz. Preferably eachmarking of 1 oz. is adjacent to, but spaced somewhat from, a marking of2 oz. Each column may also include a plurality of markings of the natureof the goods, such as mustard. The markings 1% oz. are spaced apart adistance equal to the desired dimension of a package body and the sameis true of the markings 2 oz. If it is desired that the large strip becut so that a small strip in the completed package will show 2 oz. asingle line of cutting is made at 2 and 3 and at 4: and at 5, the linesof cutting passing through the words 1% 02., each line of cut formingthe adjacent edges of adjacent smaller strips 6, 7 and 8. A small strip,such as 6, is then folded to the form of Figure 4-, the ends beingsoldered, or otherwise connected, together at 9, to form the body of thepackage, the lower edge, bearing a portion of the words l oz., beingcovered by the spun over base 10. The portion of the words l oz. at thetop of the body are hidden when the cover 11 is applied or would behidden by a spun over cover, if it were de sired to have one. The resultis that when the package is complete, that is, with a cover in place,the marking of 2 oz. is available for inspection while no portion of themarking of 1% oz. is available.

If it is desired to cut the large strip 1 so as to have the markings 1oz. available for inspection in the complete package the several cutsare made at lines 12, 13, 14 and 15 to form smaller strips such as 16,17 and 18, the lines of cut passing through the markings 2 oz. A smallstrip, such as 16, is then folded to form the body of the package, theportion of the words 2 oz. at the bottom being hidden by spun over base19 and the other portion of the Words 2 oz. at the top being hidden whenthe cover 20 is in place. In this form the marking 1 /2 oz. is availablefor inspection when the package is complete and no portion of themarking 2 oz. is visible.

In Figures 7 and 8 I show a long strip 2i. having a plurality ofmarkings of 1% oz. and a pluralit 1 of markings of 2 oz. and in thiscase similar cuts are made to form smaller strips 22 and 23, or strips2%- and 25, as desired, but these cuts are relatively fur;- ther apartso that a out, such as 26 or at 27. forms edges for two small strips,Which edges are shorter in length than the edges of the smaller stripssuch as 28, 29, 30 and 31.

If the cutting is as indicated in Figure 7, the small strip 22, forexample, is folded to form the body shownin Figure 9, and. the portionsof the Words 1 oz. Will be hidden in the vertical folded connection ofthe short edges, as indicated at 32 in Figure 11, While the desiredmarking of 2, oz. Will be available for inspection, If the cutting is asindicated in Figure 8 tliesmall strip 24: ill be folded to form the bodyshown in Figure 10, the marking of 1 oz. being available for inspectionWhile the 7 portions of the Words .2 oz. will be hidden as explained inconnection with strip Although I have particularly described a metalstrip 1 may use a strip of other ma.-

terial such ascardboard or paper and in the latter case, although thepaper is really a label, it is a part of the package body in thecomplete package. 7

What I claim is:

l. The method of making indicating strips for packag s which consists inprovid ing a relatively large strip of material, marking upon thesaid'large strip a plurality of markings of one class of indicants andspaced therefrom a plurality of mark-- ings of another class ofindicants, spacing the markings of each class of indicants apredetermined distance according to thesize of package for Which theindicating strip is desired, and cutting the large strip near or throughthe markings of one of the classes of indicants so spaced into aplurality of smaller strips thereby adapting each smaller strip to serveas a means to indicate the other class of said indicants, the indicantsof the class so out near or through being located by such cutting so asto be invisible When the package is complete.

7 2. The method of making indicating strips 1 for packages Whichconsists in providing a relatively large strip of material, marking uponthe said large strip a plurality of markings of one class of indicantsand spaced therefrom a plurality of markings of another class ofindicants, spacing the markings of each class, of indicantspredetermined distance according to the size of package for Which theindicating strip is desired, and cutting the large strip near or throughthe markings of one of the classes of indicants so spaced into aplurality of smaller strips thereby adapting each smaller strip to serveas a means to indicate the other class of said indicants, the indicantsof the class so cut near or through being located by such cutting so asto be invisible when the package is complete, a single line of outforming the adjacent edges of two adjacent smaller strips,

3. The method of providing indicating strips for packages which consistsin pro viding a relatively large strip of material, marking upon thesaid large strip a plu; rality of markings of one class of indicants andspaced therefrom a plurality of mark-i ings of another class ofindicants, spacing the markings of each class of indicants apredetermined distance according to the size. of package for which theindicating strip is desired, each of. the markings of one class ofindicants being adjacent to but spaced somewhat from one of the markingsof the other class of indicants, and cutting the large strip near orthrough the markings of one of the classes of indicants into a pluralityof smaller strips thereby adapting each smaller strip to serve as ameans to indicate the other classof indicants, the indicantsof the classso out near or through being located by such cutting so as to be in=visible When the package is complete.

4. The method of providing indicating strips for packages Which consistsin pro: viding a relatively large strip of material, marking upon thesaid large strip a plurality of markings of one class of indicants andspaced therefrom a plurality of markings of another class ofindicants,spacing the markings of each class of indicants a predetermined distanceaccording to the size of package for which the indicating strip isdesired, each of the markings of one class of indicants being adjacentto but spaced somewhat from one of the markings of the other class ofindicants, and cutting the large strip near or through the markings ofone of the classes of indicants into a plurality of smaller stripsthereby adapting each smaller strip to serve as a means to in dicate theother class of indicants, the indicants of the class so cut nearorthrough being located by such cutting so as to be in visible When thepackage is complete, a single line of out forming the adjacent edges oftwo adjacent smaller strips.

5..Tl1 e method of making indicating strips for packages which consistsin pro viding a relatively large strip of: material, marking upon thesaid large strip a plurality of markings of identical indicants andspaced therefrom a plurality of markings of indicants, identical witheach other, but different from those of the first-mentioned plurality,spacing the markings of each plurality a predetermined distanceaccording to the size of package for which the indicating strip isdesired, and cutting the large strip near or through the markings of oneplurality so spaced into a plurality of smaller strips thereby adaptingeach smaller strip to serve as a means to indicate the markings of theother plurality the markings so cut near or through being located bysuch cutting so as to be invisible when the package is complete.

6. A11 indicating strip for packages having a plurality of markings ofidentical indicants and spaced therefrom a plurality of markings,identical with each other, but different from those of thefirst-mentioned plurality, the markings of each plurality being spacedapart a predetermined distance according to the desired size of package.

HORACE PRESCOTT TUCKER.

